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Hibernation doesn't work?

Hibernation doesn't work?

Posted Sep 14, 2012 22:56 UTC (Fri) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: Hibernation doesn't work? by hummassa
Parent article: LSS: Secure Boot

> No, because crafting a special restore-image/swapfile and forcing a reboot you can, for instance, boot a whole another OS altogether, totally bypassing the "secure" boot nonsense.

Yes, and if you can get private information out of the kernel then you can probably also get private information *into* the kernel, and then you can just make the kernel execute your other OS without doing anything with hibernation.


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Hibernation doesn't work?

Posted Sep 15, 2012 2:03 UTC (Sat) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

Or run it in a VM, Secure Boot isn't designed to protect from a rogue hypervisor. Secure Boot is a fairly basic tool and only covers a small part of the security process, maybe you were expecting something more?

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